Édouard Lockroy (July 18, 1838 - 1913) was a French politician. Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person
He was born in Paris, the son of Joseph Philippe Simon (1803-1891), an actor and dramatist who took the name of Lockroy. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city
He had begun by studying art, but in 1860 enlisted as a volunteer under Garibaldi. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Garibaldi redirects here for other meanings see Garibaldi (disambiguation. The next three years were spent in Syria as secretary to Ernest Renan, and on his return to Paris he embarked in militant journalism against the Second French Empire in Le Figaro, the Diable à quatre, and eventually in the Rappel, with which his name was thenceforward intimately connected. Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية Ernest Renan ( February 28, 1823 &ndash October 12, 1892) was a French Philosopher and writer deeply attached to his native The Second French Empire or Second Empire was the Imperial Bonapartist regime of Napoleon III from 1852 to 1870 between the Second Le Figaro is one of the leading French morning daily Newspapers Its editorial line is conservative and has generally been supportive of Abseiling (German abseilen, "to rope down" rappelling in American and British English is the controlled descent down a rope in Rock climbing He commanded a battalion during the siege of Paris, and in February 1871 was elected deputy to the National Assembly where he sat on the extreme left and protested against the preliminaries of peace. The Siege of Paris, lasting from September 19, 1870 &ndash January 28, 1871, brought about French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The French National Assembly. The other is the Senate ( “Sénat”)
In March he signed the proclamation for the election of the Paris Commune, and resigned his seat as deputy. The Paris Commune (La Commune de Paris was a Government that briefly ruled Paris from 18 March (more formally from 26 March) to 28 May Arrested at Vanves he remained a prisoner at Versailles and Chartres until June when he was released without being tried. Vanves is a commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. Versailles (vɛʀsaj in French) formerly de facto capital of the kingdom of France, is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and is still an important Chartres is a town and commune and capital of the Eure-et-Loir department in north-central France It is located 96 km southwest of Paris He was more than once imprisoned for violent articles in the press, and in 1872 for a duel with Paul de Cassagnac. Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year As practiced from the 11th to 20th centuries in Western societies a duel is an engagement in combat between two individuals with matched weapons in accordance with their combat Paul Adolphe Marie Prosper Granier de Cassagnac (1843-1904 was the son of Adolphe Granier de Cassagnac, and while still young associated with his father in both politics and
He was returned to the Chamber in 1873 as Radical deputy for Bouches-du-Rhône in 1876, 1877 and 1881 for Aix, and in 1881 he was also elected in the XIe arrondissement of Paris. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Bouches-du-Rhône ( Occitan: Bocas de Ròse, lit "Mouths of the Rhône River" is a department in the south of France named after the Aix (ɛks or Aix-en-Provence ( Provençal Occitan: Ais de Provença in classical norm or Ais de Prouvènço in Mistralian norm to distinguish He elected to sit for Paris, and was repeatedly re-elected. During the elections of 1893 he was shot at by a cab-driver poet named Moore, but was not seriously injured. For the first ten years of his parliamentary life he voted consistently with the extreme left, but then adopted a more opportunist policy, and gave his unreserved support to the Brisson ministry of 1885. Eugène Henri Brisson (31 July 1835 14 April 1912 was a French statesman Prime minister of France for a period in 1885-1886 and again in 1898 Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
In the new Freycinet cabinet formed in January he held the portfolio of commerce and industry, which he retained in the Goblet ministry of 1886-1887. Charles Louis de Saulces de Freycinet (14 November 1828 - 14 May 1923 was a French statesman and President of the Council during the Third Republic, part René Goblet (26 November 1828 - 13 September 1905 was a French Politician, Prime Minister of France for a period in 1886-1887 In 1885 he had been returned at the head of the poll for Paris, and his inclusion in the Freycinet ministry was taken to indicate a prospect of reconciliation between Parisian Radicalism and official Republicanism. Republicanism is the Ideology of governing a nation as a Republic, with an emphasis on Liberty, Rule of law, Popular sovereignty During his tenure of the portfolio of commerce and industry he made the preliminary arrangements for the Exposition of 1889, and in a witty letter he defended the erection of the Eiffel Tower against artistic Paris. The Exposition Universelle of 1889 was a World's Fair held in Paris, France from May 6, to October 31, 1889. The Eiffel Tower (Tour Eiffel /tuʀ ɛfɛl/ is an Iron Tower built
After the Panama and Boulangist scandals he became one of the leading politicians of the Radical party. The Panama scandals (also known as the "Panama Canal Scandal" were a corruption affair that broke out in the French Third Republic in 1892 linked to the building He was vice-president of the Chamber in 1894 and in 1895, when he became minister of marine under Léon Bourgeois. Léon Victor Auguste Bourgeois (21 May 1851 29 September 1925 was a Jewish French statesman His drastic measures of reform alarmed moderate politicians, but he had the confidence of the country, and held the same portfolio under Henri Brisson (1898) and Charles Dupuy (1898-1899). Eugène Henri Brisson (31 July 1835 14 April 1912 was a French statesman Prime minister of France for a period in 1885-1886 and again in 1898 Charles Alexandre Dupuy (5 November 1851 - 1923 was a French statesman three times prime minister
He gave his support to the Waldeck-Rousseau Administration, but actively criticized the marine policy of Camille Pelletan in the Combes ministry of 1902-1905, during which period he was again vice-president of the Chamber. Charles Camille Pelletan ( 28 June 1846 - 1915 was a French politician and journalist Minister of Marine in Emile Combes ' Émile Combes (1835 - 1921 was a French statesman, charged in 1902 of the constitution of the Bloc des gauches 's cabinet
M. Lockroy was a persistent and successful advocate of a strong naval policy, in defence of which he published:
His other works include M. de Moltke et la guerre future (1891) and Journal d'une bourgeoise pendant la Revolution (1881) derived from the letters of his great-grandmother. M. Lockroy married in 1877 Madame Charles Hugo, the daughter-in-law of the poet.